By Sandee Wilhoit Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation SAN DIEGO — America has always been the land of immigrants and opportunity. This was especially true during the 19th century when Horace Greeley’s philosophy that the road to success was paved with hard work and perseverance was the inspiration for many seeking a better and more prosperous […]
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Jewish History, San Diego County
By Martin Miller LOS ANGELES — The first time George Berci heard a siren, he was 23 years old. It was the summer of 1944, on the outskirts of Budapest, he was one of hundreds of Jewish conscripted laborers who were packed into a railroad car as human freight. They were bound for a concentration
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Jewish History-A fictional account of a true situation- By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Mendel, my Hassidic friend from New York who was transplanted to Boynton Beach at the very strong urging of his Rebbe because of his severe arthritis ,and I were walking my little dog Norman. Norman is a Cock-a-Tzu – a mix
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Jerry KlingerBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — It almost never happens, but for the second year in a row, President Trump is trying to cash in on the sale of not-kosher-for-Passover foods (chametz) to non-Jews and its re-purchase after the Pesach holiday. And the result is an escalating verbal and legal war that may
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Ohr Shalom Synagogue will celebrate Israel’s 70th Year of Independence with a Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha’atzmaut Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. The public is invited to join the Ohr Shalom Synagogue and Beth Am Choirs as they lead the audience on a journey through 70 years of Israeli
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Syrian government’s chemical attack on civilians in the rebel-held suburb of Douma this weekend is the complete responsibility of the war criminal Bashar Assad, his Russian bedfellows, and his Iranian bankers. However, the fact that President Trump had announced that the U.S. is nearly finished its mission to defeat ISIS (which is questionable)
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Comminications; © 2015; 281 pages; 14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I learned when I was a rookie reporter for the Associated Press back in 1967 that any fool, including yours truly, could write a story about an athletic contest.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & CompetitionsBy Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — Something amazing is happening right now, right here, right under our noses: A change in value systems. What is right and wrong is different today from just one or two generations ago. There is a clamor in the winds of the world for a new kind of justice,
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food, USASDSU Live Downtown By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — As an artist and teacher, I’ve always been a passionate advocate of arts in education. I’ve seen from research and personal experience how the arts can really ignite sparks in the mind. Creative energy brings laughter and learning together, generating lifelong memories. An environment that encourages,
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyScott Pruitt (To the Melody of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Why must you always fly in first class? Or need a booth with soundproof glass?
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
© Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Kippot are among the dozen or so things I have mindlessly acquired over the years. Orthodox Jews cover their heads in public and in worship as a sign of humility before God. Conservative Jews and increasingly Reform Jews cover their heads in synagogues and temples. We acquire skullcaps,
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Jewish Religion, Oliver PollakBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Mark Zuckerberg is in the news as stories emerge about the scandal in which Cambridge Analytica obtained data for political use from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge or authorization. When Mark Zuckerberg delivered the commencement address at the 2017 Harvard University graduation, what
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Beyond the Instant by Rabbi Mark Wildes; Skyhorse Publishing © 2018; 141 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I read this book with great enthusiasm, possibly because I agreed with almost everything Rabbi Mark Wildes writes about such subjects as happiness, love, sex, success, blaming, taking charge of one’s life, understanding one’s place
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The second Friday demonstration in the string of some half-dozen planned to peak on the Palestinian celebration of Nakba passed with only about 2/3 the number of demonstrators as last week, and half the deaths (9) said to be the result of IDF gunfire. The big prize for the Palestinians
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